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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

at is estimated that over 500,0 0c
alligators are killed annually for their
skins.
DR.. johnson once, speaking of
quarrelsome fellow, said: IF he had
two ideas in his head they would fall
out with each other"
"A correspondent asks: SIS it wrong
to cheat lawyer?" First cheat che
lawyer, and then we will answer the
conundrum.- ProUidenc Telegraph.
just published for amateur bands
the Golden Crown Band Book" is an
advertisement. And yet some old
maxim maker foolishly said that silence
was golden.
New servant-'I was two years in
me last place, mum. " Mistress 80, that
speaks we'll for you. Where was it?"
New servant-''In the reformacory,
mum. "-Puck
-Peronella Magufer writes to in
quire, what is fugitive verse;"
Fugitive verse, nowadays, Peronella, is
that which makes the author fugitive
from avenging editors.
john" said the honest grocer to
the new apprentice, you needn't mind
covering up those sugar barrels while
sweeping the store. A little dust
doesn't hurt sugar and adds to its
weight. Philadelphia Herald.
"A man who broods over his troubles
is like hen on nestful of back num-
bered eggs. There's only one chance
in hundred that he will ever hatch
any thing, but he keeps busy at it just
the same.-MerchGnt IrdUejer.
The Ups and Downs
In life we meet with JOY and woe
Where'er on earth we go,
A mixture of the good and bad
Fate wills il should be so.
Just in the flush of our success
Reverses kill our joy,
But few of us have the ups and downs
OF the elevator boy.
AT the Club-"Upon my soul, Dob
son, YOU are the dismalest company 1
know of since that Brown girl gave you
your congo. Inever saw fellow take
the mitten so wretchedly." wretch
eddy! Haw! Wetched isn't name
faw it. You can, aw, fawncey how
wetched am when l tell you l, aw,
don't cayaw a wap how my, aw,
bweeches fit me. "-ToWn Topics.
Omaha Boy-"Say, sis, you know
Mr.. Nicefellow begged your pardon for
steppin' on your dress an tearin' a big
hole in it?' Omaha Miss-'Well, what
of it?' can you said it didn't matter
bit, an you was glad of it?' Eyes"
"Cause you liked to sew, an you didn't
know what you'd do with yourself if
you badn'tany thing to mend?" "Well,
what of it, l say?" at wasn't Mr.,
Sicefellow that stepped on your dress.
1t was me- o, you horrd, awkward
little wretch! III skin you alive, -
Omaha World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


What may be done at any time will
be done at no time.
The young man who sang ''How
Can Leave Thee?" left her very sud-
denly when the bulldog came tearing
round the house.
"A wise has been invented with flex-
IDLE rubber cushion or muller between
the jaws, (which renders saw-filing
noiseless. IN Y Tribune.
An Australian has invented an cleo
trical machine-gun which he claims is
capable of firing 120 rounds every few
seconds, from any position and in any
direction.
The discovery of network of So
called canals on the planet Mars by
Schiaparelli several years ago, has been
confirmed this year by observers both
in England and Italy.
"A button which works on the prin-
ciple of cork-screw is the last novelty
out, and the patentee was offered $685.
900 for his rights the moment he had
the first button out.-DetroH Free Press.
Wilmington, VT, is nearly in the
center of the largest maple sugar max
ing section in the world. The largest
maker there ships ten thousand gallons
of strip yearly, and the business is
growing fast.
Reports from many places show that
the electric railway is no longer an ex-
Int 20 7 ho 1oo
time before we travel like lightning, but
to travel by lightning will soon be prac-
tice on many a New England street
railway.
The winter packing in the West
last year was 6, 300,000 hogs; the average
for the past five years is 6,010,000; for
the preceding period of five years,
$500, 900, and for ten years, $500. 900.
the latter number corresponding with
last winters total.
The new Reitz alloy, the patented
production of q German chemist, is a
bronze for which remarkable durability
and resistance to all acids are claimed,
prolonged exposure to concentrated
muriatic acid having caused less than
halfthe loss sustained by any other alloy,
and other tests having been equally sue
cessful.
On the Transcaspian railroad, in
Russia. it is claimed that saving OF
$500 per mile is effected by the use OF
mineral wax, or ozokerite, for ties.
When purified, melted and mixed with
limestone and gravel, the ozokerite,
which is abundant in the vicinity of the
railroad, produces good asphalt. This
is pressed into shape in boxes, and gives
ties which retain their form and hard
ness even in the hottest weather.
"A steam engine that runs the cleo.
trio light system in the works of the
Portland, (Me.) Stoneware Company is
built on an entirely new principle. 1t
has no piston rod, and is surprisingly
compact, the one at the pottery occupy
ing space 16x19 inches, eighteen inches
in height, yet it does with ease the or
binary work of q ten-horse power en-
CINE of the old pattern. The cost Of
construction is estimated to be about
one-third1ess than that of an ordinary
horizontal or upright engine. Boston
BudQet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09
ALL THE MORE, SIR.

You say you've lost your heart to me,
And call me quite n charmer,
You tell me that my lover dear
Is nothing but farmer;
He likes to toll, in honest soil;
knew it all before, sir,
And as he is farmer lad,
love him all the more, sir.
1 do, indeed hope you heed
My story told before, sir;
If you despise the lad prize,
love him all the more, sir.
You say my lover offers me
A cot, and more's the pity!
That l shall have as your fair bride
A mansion in the city.
All, no, sir, thanks! That cot outranks
The palaces of yore, sir,
For each sweet rose that round it blows
love him all the more, sir.
You tell me you would die for me;
Your love you can not smother;
I'm sorry, sir but John and
Would die for one another.
My farmer boy, he brings me Joy;
Ihear him at the door, sir;
You'd better go; if you're his foe,
Hove him all the more, sir.
/ do, indeed; hope you heed
My story told before. sir;
If you despise the lad prize,
love him all the more, sir,
III. b. Kidder in NJ Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09

"A lately discovered, but extremely
simple use of camphor is appreciated
in tie household. If the varnish on
woodwork or furniture is changed in
spots TO white from drops of cologne or
bayrum, or from heated Dishes it can be
changed back by rubbing the spot with
q cloth wet in eamphor. Troy Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09

According to Scandinavian tradi-
ton, the swallow lowered over the cross
of our Lord, crying "SUala! sUalq"
Console! consoleD whence it was called
svaLotc, the bird of consolation. There
is curious story that this bird brings
home from the seashore n stone that
gives sight to her tledglings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09

In Prussia women earn from
twelve to twenty cents a day acting as
guards at the railroad crossings. They
have to open and close the gates, at
tend the lights and sweep the crossings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09

Nv.
twas in the early winter of 1882 that
visitor was announced to Miss Katchen
Schrader She gave a few decorative
touches to her person before the mirror re-
arranged her hair with critical eye, and
then burst with headlong ardor into the ad-
joining room and flung herself into the arms
of hervisitor. She became conscious, how
ever, before regaining the perpendicular
state, that his enthusiasm was scarcely
equal to her own.
"Well, Max" she said, concealing her dis
appointment tell me the story of your ad-
ventures
Instead of answering Max pulled from his
pocket a package OF papers which he un-
folded and carefully spread out upon the
table. They were United States bonds of
the aggregate value of at least $4,000
Katchen's eyes grew big and radiant as
she contemplated the possibilities of happi-
ness contained in these prosaic figures 20.
Max, my dear MAXI she cried delightedly;
''you are a rich man! How l do love you I!
But tell me how you made 50 much money"
81 made my experiment in transgression.n
"Yes, but how did you make it!'
''By the aid of my science"
Snow don't be provoking! What did you
do?n
II asserted the power of an intellect, the
value of which, for practical purposes, you
had the kindness to question:
10, l shall go mad, Max, if you don't
tell me,' exclaimed the girl. ''Do have pity
on mel"
every well, will tell you, not because
you deserve my confidence, but in order to
prove to you that the poverty to which the
devotee of science dooms himself is volun-
tary one, and on that account sublime. The
stricter moral law which Mr.. Harbitsch and
his like ignore with impunity /, too, could
| ignore and be wealthy as they To be a
scoundrel and go to Jail for it requires no
| great intellect; but to make a safe and
profitable experiment in transgression is
quite another thing"
The story was then told, part of which
we have already heard; how Max happened
! to cross in the steamer with Dutch pro-
fessor, who had served two years SEN
.tence for counterfeiting; how he had as
sumed his name after possessing himself OF
ali the facts of his history, and in San
Francisco successfully played the part OF
an alchemist. He had invested his paternal
inheritance of about $1,000 in the expert
ment; had bought metallic gold, which he
had reduced to precipitate with sulphate
of iron, and represented it in finely
divided state as a black sand, which an
expert would readily have recognized as
gold, but which would easily deceive meu
witch no chemical knowledge. When hC
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-09

Il.
The momentous day at last arrived In
Hardness Office half a dozen of the million
ares dependents were gathered, all pledged
to absolute secrecy on the penalty of losing
their patrons favor. Wachtmeister ar
rived at the appointed hour, carrying a
starch-box under his arm and followed by a
boy who carried small blast furnace,
about the size of plumbers melting pot.
He was introduced to each member of the
company, among whom there was one who
had been induced to personate the scientific
expert. For Hardness, who, like most men
of his stamp, had small faith in scientists,
had concluded that such a one might
readily steal the secret (Which he was now
convinced was we'll worth stealing,) and
he had, for this reason, made, for the nonce,
professor of chemistry out Of one Of his
clerks named Sawyer. Wachtmeister i'm
mediately engaged this gentleman in CON
versation, and measured in an instant, the
extent Of his scientific requirements.
The little Introductory speech which he
made | have not the space to repeat; but it
was very clever.
'Now, gentlemen" he said in conclusion,
81 must commit myself to your honor.
beg of you to examine carefully the CON
tents of this box. You see that it contains
some black sand-a very common article,
which is found in abundance round about
in the State. Here | hold in my hand a
small bottle of sulphate of iron.
| But, pardon me! | came near forgetting
merely wish to convince you that my pro
, cess is above board-without suspicion OF
fraud. You will not require Of me that
| shall explain it to You
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
Fir Pillows,

Now that pillows made of the
''spills" or foliage of the balsam tir
tree, (dbies bdlsdmeG) are considered
not only fashionable, but highly bene-
fetal in the treatment of many all
ments, such as insomnia, nervousness,
headache, catarrh, and lung diseases,
ETC., it may be well to know how best
to prepare the green spills. The bal
sam fir or balm-of-gilead fir, from
which is obtained the Canada balsam,
should not be confounded with other
species of the conifer@ of like appear
ance-a mistake that is easily made,
as the resinous perfume of the differ
ent spruce trees is almost as delic-
iously fragrant, if not so lasting, or
of so much value incidentally, as that
of the balm fir. 1t is also rather diff
cult to distinguish the difference, as to
foliage, between the balm fir and the
other spruce trees; the leaves OF the
former are in two rows on either side
of the branchlets; those of the latter
are scattered irregularly around the
stems. The spills may be collected at
any season.
In midsummer, at ultra-fashionable
Bar Harbor, and other Maine resorts,
the modern belle, with an armful of
fir branches is no unusual sight, while
the fastidious beau may be seen. ON q
rainy, or foggy afternoon, on the hotel.
or cottage piazza, smudging his deli
cate fingers with turpentine, as he
helps some fair lady to pull" fir bal
pulling parties they are called
way down in Maine. Again, in the
autumn or winter, the native" lad and
lassie may be seen "lugging" home an
evenings pulling of balm twigs,
which, when nicely dried, will be sent
to the city shops, or sold next summer
to the "rusticator." The spills, and
the entire tender green shoots at the
ends of the twigs are plucked while
fresh and crisp, from the stems; if
they are allowed to dry on the
branches, much of their delicious fra
GRANGE is lost. They are spread to dry
in perfectly dry place. Care must
be taken that no moisture collects on
the balsam, as it would ruin the deli
cate perfume. When the spills are
thoroughly dried, they are ready for
the pillow, which should be made of
thin, stout material. The outside slip
may be plain, or ornamented, accord
ing to individual taste. POngee, silk,
linen, madras cloth, or any of the
pretty stuffs now Obtainable may be
used. A suitable decoration for tir
pillow is an emblematic motto, as;
'sThy breath sweet balm hath power
to soothe the fevered brow" II
breathe the perfume of the pines.
THE fragrance of the woods bring"
etc.
These notices may be embroidered
in any suitable stitch. A very effec-
tive design for pillow, is a branch OF
fir with several cones done in q dark
green and brown chenille, on lighter
green or brown grounds. E. BOggs,
| IN Good H0usekeepipQ.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
Maidens OF Alaska.

A girl becomes a woman at the age
of - or IS years in Alaska, and have
seen some such girls who were really
quite pretty. The best-looking of the
young Alaska girls are the Indians
who are found along the Stickeen riv-
er valley, or the Haidah girls of the
Prince of Wales island. Here is a
picture of Julia, Stickeen river girl.
She is dressed in plain cotton gar
ment, and she has a Turkish bath
towel wound around her head for or
nament. There is ring in her nose,
and she has pair of very soft, beauti-
full eyes. Julia, like all Indian girls
here. dresses in long, plain cotton
undergarment when at home, and
when she goes out she has gayly
colOred blanket which she throws
about her shoulders. The Haidah
girls have relatively fair skins, soft,
dove-like eyes, very small, symme-
trical hands and small feet, and their
insteps are SO high that the water can
run under them without touching the
sole. They are very passionate and
hot-blooded, and they would be grace
full were it not for their pigeon-toed
gait. They are really modest in the
presence of white men, keep their
eyes nearly always on the ground, and
are forward i'm no way whatever.
Some of them have a delicate peach
bloom blush or blood mantling upon
their cheeks, and their complexion is
that of a very dark brunette Omaha
Rebublican.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
A Wet Soldier Who Did His Duty.

An Irishman stationed at Pensacola,
in 1861, was placed upon picket one
night on the beach, with orders to
walk between two points, and to allow
no one to pass without whispering the
countersign.
About midnight the corporal with
the relief discovered, by the MOON
light, that the sentinel was up to his
waist in water, the tide having set in
since he was posted.
.'Who goes there?"
''Relief."
HALT, relief; advance corporal and
give the countersign."
Corporal-''I am not going in there
to be drowned; come out here and let
me relieve you"
Sentinel-''Will |, indade! The
liftinant tould me not to lave me post.
Corporal-'.Well, then, I'll leave
you in the water all night (turning
away at the moment.)
Sentinel-"Halt I'll put hole in We
if We pass widout the countersign.
Thim's me orders from the liftinant"
Cooking and leveling his gum
COrporal-''Y stupid, everybody
will hear it if | bawl it out to you"
Sentinel-s.Yis, me darlint; an the
liftinant said it must be given in a
whisper. In wild We! Me fingers on
the trigger and me gun may go off.
The corporal had to yield and wade
in to the sentinel, who exclaimed: BE
jabers, its well we've come; the bastely
tide has almost drowned me. - Y0asth' S
COnlDa11iOfa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07

by both wrists. One quick twist and
the heutanant, with howl of pain.
fell fainting to the ground. The
enormous strength of the confederate
enabled him to wrench the mans arms
out of their sockets!
Two soldiers came rushing across
the street to the relief of their superior
officer. They had their bayonets fixed
and it was their evident intention to
run Little Shorty through where he
stood. The plucky little giant fronted
them with a face as serene as sum-
mer morning. just in time the bright
barrel of his revolver flashed in the
sunlight. Two reports rang out al
most simultaneously, and the two
soldiers bit the dust, one a dead man
and the other mortally wounded.
This is no place for me. Good-byp
shouted Little Shorty, and with wave
of his hand he ran for his horse as fast
as his short legs would carry him.
In less than u minute a hundred
soldiers were on the spot, cursing and
shouting like madmen. Their first
step was to arrest Col. Jones and the
other spectators. Then parties of
cavalry men were sent out to scour
the country.
1t was a week before the excitement
abated. The most extraordinary
efforts were made to capture Little
Shorty, but his disappearance was as
complete as it was mysterious. There
was no clew even to the direction of
his fight.
Twenty years later Little Shorty
paid Cottonville brief visit. He had
become a citizen of Texas and had
prospered.
''No," he said to his old friends, II
know that / am in no danger here
That old matter under the new order
of things would never be brought
against me. but my interests are all in
Texas and feel that I must return
there"
The whole business was such sur
prise to u.s." said Col. Jones.
Yes, replied Little Shorty. "You
did not understand me. was willing
to submit to anything when it was the
law of the land. You were not. But
could not submit to what was a mere
wanton personal indignity. There
again you differed from me. have
never regretted my course"
After his departure that night Col.
Jones was unusually thoughtful.
I'm tell you what, gentlemen" he
said as he started home. Little
Shorty is what the town boys call
daisy. / can see now that he was
right. He knew when submission was
virtue and when resistance was
duty. He is q hero if there ever was
oner'
1t may or may not be creditable to
COttonville morals, but the little crowd
at the hotel applauded the colonel.
Whether right or wrong. his senti-
ments were those of the community
Wallace p. Reed, in atlanta ConstitaI-
ton
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
A German Wedding.

The Berlin correspondent Of the
London Times telegraphs:
At Iglau, in Moravia, the marriage
took place of the young lady in whom
the Emperor William has taken great
interest since he made her acquaint-
ance at Gastein some six years ago.
Every day during that visit the en-
peror, sitting at the window of his
hotel. noticed the young lady in qpes-
ton, who is the daughter of a cloth
manufacturer, at the window Of the
opposite hotel in the Straubinger platz.
SO it happened that when one day the
familiar face was missing, the mon
arch sent an adjutant to inquire the
cause. Thus the little romance began,
and the aged emperor never ceased
his interest in the fraulein, who was
clever, Well-educated, andiively girl,
but not beauty in the ordinary
sense. The emperor addressed her
whenever they met on his walks, and
from year to year he pressed her for a
promise to come again the following
season. The monarch further obtained
a promise from her that if she should
become betrothed she would let him
know. This happened last winter,
and the lady thought politeness re-
quired her to inform the emperor of her
wedding with Herr Kilian, a merchant
of Iglau. The consequence was that
on Saturday morning there arrived
large parcel from Berlin, containing
a bracelet richly set with diamonds, a
jewel-box adorned with the imperial
crown, accompanied by "a letter from
the first court chamberlain saying that
the emperor himself chose this present,
and that he desired the bride to wear
the bracelet at the ceremony. This
was only accomplished with some diff
Guilty, as the customhouse officials would
not deliver the jewelry until it had re-
ceive the Austrian hall mark. High
personages had to interfere to enable
Fraulein Kern to wear the emperor s
present during the ceremony, which
took place in the Jewish synagogue
at Tplau
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-07
Cider In Variety.

Every fruit known will make cider.
That from pears is of ancient renown
as perry, but pear juice is worth more
for sirup or fruit honey, as it is rich in
sugar. Plum cider is very nice, and
grape cider will yet be the American
beverage, having the strengthening
quality of wine without its alcoholic
spirit, and tasting better than any
thing known in the shape of drinks.
There would not be grape too many
in the United States if the juice, fresh
ly drawn from the clusters, unstiluted,
could be placed on sale in our cities.
Its delicious, pure refreshment iustifies
all that the poets have sung and writ
ers raved about the blood Of the grape,
while for the benefit of feeble con-
sumptive or bilious people its effects
OutdO hypOphosphites, trip to Italy,
or Saratoga waters. In the Erie wine
regions and other vineyard belts, when
the grapes ripen, sallow, iver-con-
gested people from cities take board
where they can drink the ''must" of
new wine as it comes from the press,
and return built up for the winters
dissipation. Consumptives, especially,
cannot do better than to try the grape
cure in this form, and the vineyard
season" may yet be as fashionable as
the seaside in July or Lenox in Oct0-
ber.-VicE's Magdsine.